MARIO´NIS
MARIO´NIS (
Μαριωνίς). Two towns of this name are mentioned by Ptolemy (
2.11.27) in the northwest of Germany.
As the name seems to indicate a maritime town, it has been inferred that one of them was the modern
Hamburg, or
Marne at the mouth of the
Elbe, and the other
Lübeck or
Wismar. But nothing certain can be said about the matter.
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